Crops in Botswana grow gradually due to dryness and cold-weather, and this is a barrier to the accomplishment of a low carbon society based on bioenergy. However, the nation has an abundance of wild plants that can hold up against dryness and winter season cold. It likewise has great deals of jatropha curcas trees, whose seeds have abundant amounts of an oil thought about to hold excellent pledge as a biofuel. The objective of this project is to utilize these resources to develop Jatropha ranges that are resistant to dryness and cold weather condition and offer high performance, as well as to establish approaches of cultivating these varieties. In this way, a biological approach will help to accomplish a low carbon society.

Creating a bioenergy production model based on the country's own biological resources
A database of biological resource data associating with jatropha curcas will be built and ideal varieties will be established. Moreover, in this desert that is subject to cold weather condition, efforts will be made to develop a growing system that is flexible with respect to environment change. The project will work to build a sustainable bioenergy production design using plant hereditary resources that are indigenous to Botswana.